Education Trust analysis of 2009 PISA results: United States is average in performance, but leads the world in inequity
To close America’s global achievement gap, focus on gaps within our own bordersWASHINGTON (December 10, 2010) - Despite near-continuous…
Not Prepared for Class: High Poverty Schools Continue to Have Fewer In-Field Teachers
Nearly a decade after federal law was enacted to ensure that low-income students and students of color had a…
Statement from The Education Trust on 12th-grade reading and mathematics results from the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress
WASHINGTON (November 18, 2010) The results released today from the 2009 12th-grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)…
A decade after passage of No Child Left Behind, America’s low-income students still disproportionately taught by out-of-field, inexperienced teachers
New study from The Education Trust shows that problems are often most acute in suburbs, small townsWASHINGTON (November 18,…
Four public schools from across the U.S. to be honored with the 8th annual Dispelling the Myth Awards
K-12 Neighborhood Schools in Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas Proving Success is Possible For All StudentsWASHINGTON (November 3,…
Taking Charge of Change: Effective Practice to Close Gaps and Raise Achievement
Kati HaycockThe Education Trust 2010 National ConferenceArlington, Virginia …
Statement from The Education Trust on President Obama’s speech at the National Urban League Centennial Conference
WASHINGTON (July 29, 2010) President Obama captured the essence of whats at stake for our country when he…
Ed Groups to Congress: “Don’t derail education reform”
WASHINGTON (June 30, 2010) - Over the past year, the Obama Administration's groundbreaking education-reform initiatives have reinvigorated and refocused…
Accountability for Results
The best accountability systems in any field have a few things in common. They set clear goals for people to…
Read Why Congress Should Amend the Keep Our Educators Working Act
Six Reasons the Keep Our Educators Working Act Should be Amended to Require States Receiving Funds to End Seniority-Only…
Letter Urging Amendments to Keep Our Educators Working Act
Read the letter from Ed Trust and other reform advocates urging Congress to ensure the act's funds are used…
Letter to Senate HELP Committee on ESEA Reauthorization
Read the letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Reauthorization of the Elementary and…
Letter in Support of ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act
Read the letter to Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) from Ed Trust and other groups in support of closing the…
The $23 billion “Keep Our Educators Working Act” is no Edujobs Bill
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2010) A recent survey by the American Association of School Administrators finds school leaders across…
Reauthorization of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
Read the Ed Trust letter to the chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Science and Technology…
Close the Hidden Funding Gaps in Our Schools
“Close the Hidden Funding Gaps in Our Schools” shines a light on widespread and unjust district budgeting practices and…
Close the hidden funding gaps in America
New Ed Trust report outlines funding gaps between schools located in the same school district and calls on Congress to…
Statement from The Education Trust on the 2009 NAEP Reading Results
WASHINGTON (March 24, 2010) Since 2007, all student groups and the nation as a whole made modest gains…
Statement from The Education Trust on the upcoming announcement of the finalists for “Race to the Top” grants
WASHINGTON (March 4, 2010) - Race to the Top grants have the potential to elevate ambitious reforms that place…
Stuck Schools
Schools often lumped together as “low performing” are not all alike. Some low-performing schools remain “stuck” year after year,…